The study program is designed for students already holding a Bachelor's degree in a philological discipline (for example English/American, French or German Studies) as well as for students with a degree in the humanities or the social sciences.
Requirements:
- good (if possible excellent) command of both English and German; Ideally, you should also speak at least one other language such as French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and so forth because the more languages you speak, the more you can profit from our highly diverse selection of courses offered by many different literature departments
- ability to work independently (the study program comprises a high degree of free choice and independent work)
International Requirements:
- good command of the German language: Depending on your selection of courses, lectures/courses are held in German or English, or one or more other languages. Prospective students applying for admission to a Master program are exempted from the German test. However, even if your course of study is mainly held in an other language than German, this is the main language spoken in Bern and therefore a lot of documents from the administration will always be in German. A good command of German is therefore highly recommended. The Centre for Language Competence of the University of Bern (http://www.zsk.unibe.ch/content/deutsch/index_eng.html) currently runs courses at levels A2 to C1 (from advanced beginners up to advanced level).
